[sdiy] MIDI phantom power...over 5 pin MIDI connector ?

[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

Yes! The MMA makes a big deal about how MIDI is not limited to the original physical interface.

For a long time, we've have MIDI over ethernet, MIDI over FireWire, MIDI over WiFi, MIDI over USB, etc.

You might look around MIDI.org for a list of all the physical interfaces.


On Sep 11, 2015, at 3:38 AM, Mikko Helin <maohelin at gmail.com> wrote:
> ​Actually​ Alesis / Wavefront AL140x ADAT chips supported sending MIDI over lightpipe. Too bad the chips are EOL now (maybe still available through some channels alike Alibaba).
> 
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Roman Sowa <modular at go2.pl> wrote:
>> It would be awesome to have well defined new physical interface, but since it stays like that over 30 years now, noone would dare to make something incompatible with older units. I always dreamt about MIDI over light, using the same stuff as SPDIF. The plastic lightpipes are dirt cheap, TX/RX modules are no fortune either. And if some manufacturer would design DIN socket wih center hole for optical plug, imagine possibilities! Something like XLR/TRS combos.